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Regarding the purchase of Affinity by Canva all I can say is I have not seen a reaction like this since Tom Cruise was cast as Jack Reacher.
And some advice (from a different movie); could we all just "Chill, Winston".

My last bit on this subject, I'm prepared to give Affinity and Canva the benefit of the doubt on this matter.  In reality, if this takeover or merger benefits their suite, then so be it, I will be glad
 

On the subject of trust, one thing I trust implicitly is that nobody can predict the future with any certainty. Consequently, all these comments about what Canva and the Affinity staff will or won't do in the future is nothing more than speculation & should be treated as such.
Personally, I think the sanest course is to wait & see how this plays out over the next several months, particularly if they deliver on the promise of the accelerated update schedule with more critically needed bug fixes so many of us are aware of & hopefully some new often requested features, but if you think otherwise, so be it.

My latest messages of yesterday had a drastic turn (not that I saw it so negatively as a few did, at least not so much, but I initially thought that it was not looking good), before these statements and important clarifications being published. This confirms that bit of light I saw yesterday, finally. That after a first negative impression, I started realizing that this is not what we have seen happening to other companies (as many as I have seen fall). Meaning, I quite started seeing that the communication was made in good faith (at least the part that comes from Affinity team), and that the good plans for the future are honest and real (call it intuition, but I think he was sincere). Yes, this needs a leap of faith, or call it "trust", if you prefer, but I am convinced that they have gained this trust, with all what they have accomplished to this point (with whatever the bumps in the road, as they were always a small company). One way or the other, they have provided us with a fabulous suite, and I have personally been able to do professional work with it for years, like many of you have, too. And others have been able to practice their loved hobby, with very powerful, easy to handle, flexible tools and an amazing UI.
BTW, Canva has mostly its market in very casual users, much more than Affinity's (professionals and advanced hobbyists), in the large numbers. We're talking about two quite differentiated user targets, different markets. One of the reasons (but not the main one) why I think it does not make sense for any company to stop the Affinity line. I bet the user base (future consumers of next perpetual license upgrades!) is pretty large at this moment. And its name is strong in many reviews, publications, tutorials, courses, etc. And knowing how this mass of people got here fleeing from the subscriptions, it only makes sense that also perpetual license (as an option) is here to stay. Corel and Celsys (Clip Studio developer) understood that, and they kept both the product line and the type of license (as an option). The "optional" thing is pretty smart. Why lose those sells? As the number of people disliking subscriptions is pretty large. Companies can have both.
I am convinced Affinity is not going anywhere, as in, not stopping being updated, neither becoming "subscription-only". As I mentioned yesterday, this is what Clipstudio made, and like a week ago or so I updated to 3.0. Despite everyone and their dog saying it'd become full subscription, back in the day, with CSP 2.0 release, when things changed there, too. And as I also mentioned, this also has kept happening with Substance 3D Painter (even now being Adobe's) on Steam.  Corel does this since a very long time, although their perpetual license of the Corel Draw suite is many times more expensive than Affinty's suite (and I would argue that Photo-Paint (or even PSP) is way below in the feature set (and UI) compared to Affinity Photo). But they have kept that for many years, now.  And this team (Affinity team) and company has proved to be ethical, in many of their actions (during the covid, with constant help for designers and artists, etc).
So, I believe all people liking the Affinity tools should stick around, this is here to stay, and improve (a lot).  I firmly believe it.
[  I for one keep having the huge issue with Canva having a generative AI tool (full illustration generation from scrapped artwork. I'd be totally fine with just AI features), among other more standard functionalities and the heaps of stock art (that's fine, IMO... artists were paid to provide with those! ), it has the equivalent to a "Midjourney" or "Dall-e" inside of it: The only ONE reason why I might leave here (yet to decide it, though). If so, was good to know all of you, people. My one remaining issue is that aspect of Canva (but "it is what it is", that can't change), due to principles, as an artist, not with the Affinity team. Neither with their plans about Affinity; I think they are being sincere ].

I hope people stay, or a big portion at least, and you all keep doing work with these great tools and helping (I promoted Affinity for years, everywhere  , and helped here all I could with the 2.0 bumps in the road) a true professionals and advanced hobbyists alternative to "the cloud". 
There are times when personal commitment is more important than a cold contract, in my opinion. That and all what they have provided with for many years.
My 2c. 

I looked in yesterday lunchtime and was saddened by the tone of the comments. I understand the concern over the potential for a move to a subscription model, but not at all the aggressive and confrontational way in which it has been articulated. Today's clarification is much more reassuring.
Remember: change is the only constant!
 
 

Just stop.

The sky is falling!! The sky is falling!! The sky is falling!! 
Oh wait. No, it's not. There is as yet no good reason to believe we are being forced into a subscription model for the Affinity apps, certainly not one good enough for all the hysteria this topic & others have generated.

Ash and the folks at Affinity have always done right by me in the past and I take him at his word. They brought us this far and I believe they will bring us more in the future. I don’t like the fact that some people are belittling the honesty and integrity of anyone based on absolutely nothing other than a crazy personal view. Let things work out and then make a decision that suits you. 

With the new funds as resources, does this mean people like me who are interested in RTL Languages will be more of a strong reality in the very soon future as opposed to the usual Serif replies of "having to reprogram from the grounds up because RTL language support" is a complex process?
They missed out a huge opportunity to potentially capture the market share in India, Arabic Diaspora, Hebrew, and East Asian (Mandation, Japanese, Etc).
Regardless of this news, can we also remember the company's kindness and understanding during the pandemic? Serif for the longest time discounted their softwares to 50%. Does anyone remember this?
I have privately expressed my grievances towards Affinity and I refuse to upgrade to any of their software until they include the RTL Languages. For my needs, Publisher 1.X has served me well and will continue to do so.
I am a current Adobe CC Photography Plan member and also continue to be perpetual license holder of Capture one 16.3.X. Their Black Friday deal of 50% off the perpetual license was too good to pass up! These fees (to me) are cost of doing business and I'll simply adjust my fees accordingly.
Can we be little bit more optimistic and hopeful?!

Hi @Medical Officer Bones,
thanks for giving an insight in your workflow that you mentioned in this other thread. Food for thought, though my needs are quite different. For now I am sticking with Affinity but it is good to know there is PhotoLine around.
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I do support wholeheartedly your words. Thanks.
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I do support wholeheartedly your words. Thanks.
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I do support wholeheartedly your words. Thanks.
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From the day I first discovered Affinity, I have been overwhelmed by the old-fashioned courtesy, dedication, and professionalism of the entire organization. Even when tempted by some occasional unpleasantness from the outside, honor and decency have always prevailed. It was a shock to read of this acquisition/merger today, but I for one, am going to trust Ash and his wonderful team.  They have not failed us yet, and I don’t think they will going forward.  Affinity is their creation — they surely don’t want to spoil it!   Hopefully Affinity will blossom while keeping its tradition for excellence.  Steve Jobs started Apple.  Apple has added laptops, iPads, iPhones, Apple TV, etc. without spoiling its brand either.
I wish everyone at Serif/Affinity the very best going forward and thank you for what I am sure will be many more years of happiness using the Affinity Suite. 

Now that Serif is owned by an Australian company, what will this mean for us users? Will all the UI icons be upside down? Will all the video tutorials use Australian accents? Please say 'no.'

Dear Ash, you're right -- we all should be pleased, as more resources sounds like a great thing. However, you must know that none of us are naive -- the trend of good software going to subscription licensing has been clear over time, and most of us could share our own stories of how we have been burned and betrayed by this. I bought V1 of the suite, and I bought V2 too. I really hope to buy V3, V4 and V5 when the time comes too. Buy being the active verb there. Please keep doing awesome stuff in that fashion, and we will back you all the way.

P.S I've never used Canva myself, and as it is a subscription, I never planned to....

There are genuinely no plans for us to remove the availability of our apps to purchase as a perpetual licence. I will say it is possible in the future there may be an optional way to have them via a Canva subscription plan (which could also include other integrations with Canva / cloud services which you would not get with the perpetual version). But it’s very early days and there isn't a firm plan on that.
I honestly think you'll all be pleased with the outcome of this. With the additional financial backing we have no pressure at all to release a V3 anytime soon, so can be 100% focused on ploughing all our efforts into free V2 updates for the foreseeable future - and we've got some great updates in the works. 
Realise this announcement has come as a surprise and I understand the feeling of uncertainty which is brings, but I do think it's all very positive for the company and our customers. 

Hello @tudor,
another option that works (I tried this time  ) is to use one artboard the size of your design. Then place transparent rectangles on top of the design with the indiviual sizes to export. You can lock these to not interfere during designing.
Then you select one rectangle after the other (in the layers studio) an use 'File > Export'. Make sure to choose 'Area > Selection with background'. This creates segments of your design just not using artboards.
I do not say your request to span objects across multiple artboards is not a valid feature request. It's just not working right now and slices in Export Persona and my method above do 
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Try hitting the TAB key. Perhaps you accidentally hid the Studio panels.
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We will not be providing a list with all the bugs. Sorry. 

Die Slices hatte ich vor der Methode "unsichtbare Rechtecke" entdeckt, auf die ich hier hingewiesen wurde. Du hast natürlich Recht, dass es dabei nicht um richtig/falsch geht. Aber das dachte ich eh nicht. Beide Methoden sind sehr brauchbar.

Hallo @PaulHH,
ich bin mir nicht ganz sicher, was Du mit "mehr als nur einen Ausschnitt" meinst. Wenn es darum geht, dass Du nur einen Teilbereich eines Bildes exportieren möchtest, dann kann das so funktionieren:
Erzeuge mit dem Rechteck-Werkzeug ein Rechteck, das den Ausschnitt des Bildes umschliesst, den Du exportieren möchtest. Am besten gibst Du dem Rechteck keine Füllung und keinen Rand. Es ist damit zwar unsichtbar, aber wenn Du es auswählst, sieht Du trotzdem die blauen Umrisslinien. Diese Rechteck ausgewählt gehst Du auf "Datei > Exportieren ...". Im folgenden Dialog wählst Du unter "Bereich" den Punkt "Bereich der Auswahl" aus. Anschliessend auf "Exportieren" klicken. Mit dieser Methode exportierst Du über alle Ebenen hinweg nur einen Ausschnitt des Bildes. Das ist ähnlich wie die "Slices" in der Export-Persona, aber in manchen Fällen geht das schneller.
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No.
You can use either method to give the Frame Text layer a Fill of either a solid colour or a gradient depending on what you want to do.
Setting the gradient works in the same way for this as it does when setting the gradient for most other things.
I’ve attached a video showing how you can do it with the Gradient Tool, which I find easier to do.
Note: The Text Frame Panel method only allow you to create a new gradient Fill as a horizontal linear fill.
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No, this is not working. You can nest a vector layer to a pattern layer but this does not make the vector being repeated.
I sincerely hope they come up with true vector pattern layers at some time. OTOH patterns with symbols do work quite well for now.
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